Smoky Mountain Brewery Tops “Best Breweries” List

Smoky Mountain Brewery was named the best brewery in the Mid-Atlantic Region in Scoutology's 2014 list of the "Top 20 Mid-Atlantic Breweries." Smoky Mountain Brewery is part of the Copper Cellar Family of Restaurants. The first location was opened in Gatlinburg,...

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Holidays at Gourmet’s Market

With the holidays quickly approaching, Gourmet's Market has launched a comprehensive new holiday catering menu. The restaurant, a destination for East Tennessee foodies for the past 36 years, now offers both traditional and formal gourmet meals for Thanksgiving and...

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Copper Cellar Restaurants Raise $38,000

Calhoun's and the Copper Cellar Family of Restaurants launched "Making Strides For More Birthdays" in 2011 to raise money for the American Cancer Society and to fund breast cancer research. In its inaugural year, the program raised just over $6,000. This year, the...

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Enroll Health: Fast, Easy, Affordable Health Insurance

Today, there are nearly 1 million Tennesseans without health insurance in spite of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A new Knoxville-based company, Enroll Health, plans to reduce that number by making the process fast, easy and affordable for everyone. Everyone needs...

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Calhoun’s To Serve $50,000 Of Free Food

Each year on Veterans Day, Calhoun's restaurants serve area veterans for free. Calhoun's expects to serve more than 3,500 veterans free food valued at over $50,000 this Veterans Day (Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014). Veterans past and present can choose from a complete menu at...

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Protomet Wins IBEX Innovation Award

Each year, the boating industry recognizes a small number of companies that have changed the marketplace through innovation and technical advancement with the IBEX Innovation Award. Last week in Tampa, Florida, Protomet Corporation received that award for its...

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Gourmet’s Market To Triple In Size

For the past 36 years, Gourmet's Market has been a destination for East Tennessee foodies. This month, major renovations began that will nearly triple the size of Gourmet's Market's main dining room. When it opened in 1978, enthusiasts raved about Gourmet's Market's...

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‘Nobody Knows’ at Knoxville Convention Center

Knoxville playwright Nateah Finnikin shines a bright light on dark secrets with her play Nobody Knows. Everyone has some kind of secret ̶ the kind of thing they won't acknowledge or discuss ̶ and Nobody Knows shows through drama, music and poetry how normal people...

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Buds Gun Shop and Range: Grand Opening

The largest gun store and shooting range in Tennessee, Buds Gun Shop & Range, is having its grand opening the weekend of October 17, 2014. The 43,000 square-foot Buds Gun Shop & Range represents a large investment in the local economy and has created more than...

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Calhoun’s Ready To Make Big Strides

(by Carly Harrington, Knoxville News Sentinel) When Copper Cellar Restaurants launched its own Making Strides For More Birthdays program in 2011, the company raised just over $6,000 for breast cancer research and local support services. This year, the restaurant...

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